Storylines series - IMagine native, film screening, IN good hands
Program 4 – Grandmother Moon
“Just as Grandmother Moon cares for us, this program illuminates the care-taking women do as grannies, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, lovers, and friends. The films in the program grapple with both joyous and painful issues, such as birth work, medicine teachings, domestic violence, the Sixties Scoop, MMIWG2S, and sexual liberation. We ARE strong, resilient Indigenous women.”
October 19, 2022 | 9:15pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3
Toronto, Ontario
* * * Trailer: In Good Hands
The poetry-film, ‘In Good Hands’ (2021) is a Métis woman’s expression of birth sovereignty. Punctuated by intimate experiences of motherhood, she traces the storylines of identity to ancestral birthwork, spirit names, and kinship connections. It is a show of resistance that contributes to dismantling colonial narratives that devalue and ignore Indigenous women’s life experiences.
Screenings
Film Screening. In Good Hands. Asinabka Festival, at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Heart Medicine: Métis Shorts. Ottawa ON. August 11th 2023.
In Person and Virtual Film Screening. In Good Hands. imagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival. Program 4 - Grandmother Moon. Toronto ON. October 19th 2022, 9:15 PM - TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3 + October 22nd 2022, 8:15 PM - TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 4 + October 24th - virtual.
North American Premiere. In Good Hands. 30th Arizona International Film Festival. Indigenous Shorts. Tucson AZ. April 21, 2022.
Film Screening. In Good Hands. ‘22 Winnipeg Film Group Members’ Screenings - Program 2 @ Cinematheque. Winnipeg MB. 2022.